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The President of the United States Barack Obama made a campaign fundraising stop at Hunts Point Tuesday, and is believed to be staying in Bellevue overnight.
After a brief stop at Boeing Field, the president's motorcade stopped traffic on Interstate 5 and State Route 520 on their way to Costco founder Jim Sinegal's home in Hunts Point. Sinegal and his wife are longtime supporters of Democrats.
No public appearances were scheduled.
The fundraiser at the Sinegals' home was expected to bring $2 million to Obama's campaign, according to KING5 television, with a small $35,800 a plate dinner. The dinner was followed up with a speech delivered to 200 guests, who donated $5,000 each, according to KIRO7.
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A small contingent of both supporters and detractors lined the streets of Hunts Point, with a handful of protesters questioning Obama's foreign policy and saying that he has not done enough to ease student debt. A demonstrator with a bullhorn asked passerby if she could borrow $5,000 to talk to the president.
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Hunts Point resident Angelo Abella brought his niece, Anna Malins, 10, who will be a fifth grader.
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U.S. Ambassador to China Gary Locke and his wife, Mona Locke, also drove through the security, but the casually dressed Locke said that the couple were staying with friends on the same street, and not attending the fundraising event.
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Porn, historically, has been an industry that caters to the male audience. Women weren't interested in the product – or so the theory went.
But 2012 saw books like "50 Shades of Grey" and films like "Magic Mike" strike a chord with women. And the porn industry was ready to welcome those readers and viewers to the next level.
Several production companies have spent the past few years building a catalog of women- and couples-friendly films. Leading the pack are Wicked Pictures and New Sensations.
"When it comes to something like the couples market, the revenue that can be generated with the right product is considerably more than traditional DVDs," said Scott Taylor, president and founder of New Sensations. "I wish we had done this at a different time when there wasn't so much piracy and there wasn't the Internet."
The difference between porn for men and porn for women largely revolves around plot. More specifically, there is one in the women-focused market.
(Read more: The Dirty Dozen -- Porn's Most Popular Stars 2013)
Writers, like New Sensations' Jacky St. James, craft plots that are designed to resonate with women, focusing on plots like marriages that have lost their spark and the early days of falling in love. (Think of them as movies that might air on Lifetime – only when the sex scenes start, the camera doesn't pan away.) Directors of the films, meanwhile, stay away from the gonzo sex acts that sometimes permeate other adult films.
"I don't think this is something that happened overnight," said Taylor. "It was dormant. No one spoke about it. And little by little it became ok. … We're not shooting hardcore positions or the more extreme elements of X-rated films. This is more making love than f***ing. It's a connection between two people."
Because so much porn focuses on extreme fantasies, it has been off-putting to many women – some might argue rightfully so. Overly buxom sex pots do things many women would never consider.
"I remember crying when my husband – then my fiance -- wanted to watch porn together," said Allison Vivas, author of the upcoming book Making Peace With Porn. "I thought it was about me. And it's so odd that we can assume a guy can watch an action move and distinguish between fantasy and reality, and then some think they can't do so when they watch porn."
Vivas went on to become the president of a porn company herself – Pink Visual, which specializes in distribution in cutting-edge technologies. She noted that while the DVD porn market for women has picked up recently, there's still a gap online.
"On the web side, it hasn't necessarily been completely done," she said. "On the Internet, there has been a lot of higher gloss and glamour productions being done, but they're still marketed to men."
An exception to that rule is Sssh.com. Founded 12 years ago by Angie Rowntree, the site is best described as an adult online version of Cosmopolitan magazine.
"I want to make it a safe place for women," saiid Rowntree. "The #1 comment I get from women is it doesn't make them feel dirty. It's not sleazy looking."
(Read more: Porn's Most Powerful Players)
Content on the site is rated by a pair of lips. One pair is relatively tame (tame being defined a bit differently here than on most women-focused sites). Two is a bit more risque. And three is the most explicit content.
The site's not huge. Since they've been keeping statistics (something Rowntree is quick to point out was not early in the site's life), 22,000 people have walked through the virtual doors.
"We don't make a huge amount of money; we're not Vivid," Rowntree admitted, though sales have increased markedly in the past five years, she added.
While the women's market in porn has been increasing steadily for a couple years, adult industry executives point almost universally to the success of "50 Shades of Grey" as a tremendous breakthrough for the industry. The book might have its critics, but it has resulted in increased foot traffic to adult stores by women, who are taking note of the"entry level" and female-oriented films.
"More women are feeling comfortable going into adult stores and buying adult products," said Steve Orenstein, founder and CEO of Wicked Pictures. "So now it's more clear they're making decisions on what they want to bring into the house with those products."
Women, in fact, make up roughly 60 percent of the clientele at Hustler's Hollywood store, according to Michael Klein, President of LFP, Inc.
Like any industry, though, porn trends tend to ebb and flow. And studios seem to be taking pains to ensure that the women-friendly genre isn't one that gets overrun with content, for fear of running off the customer.
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Heartbleed Computer BugApr 10, 2014 | Tips & Alerts
Please rest assured that your information at SCE FCU was not affected by the recent "Heartbleed" computer bug. The problem affects only the variant of SSL.TLS encryption technology known as OpenSSL; however the Credit Union's secure networks do not utilize that particular variant. If you use your SCE FCU password on other sites, we recommend you change your password – as we cannot verify your password was not compromised through a site not associated with the Credit Union.Read More
Important Information Regarding Target Corporation Credit and Debit Card Security BreachDec 19, 2013 | Tips & Alerts
Breaking news on December 18th, 2013 reported that a data breach occurred at Target, potentially affecting as many as 40 million debit and credit cardholders. According to Target, you may have been affected if you used your debit or credit card at Target from November 27th to December 15th, 2013...Read More
FBI Holiday Shopping TipsNov 28, 2013 | Tips & Alerts
The FBI reminds holiday shoppers to beware of cyber criminals who are out to steal money and personal information. Scammers use many techniques to defraud consumers, from phishing e-mails offering too good to be true deals on brand-name merchandise to offering quick cash to victims...
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Fraud Risk Alert!Nov 15, 2013 | Tips & Alerts
We've received word from SCE FCU members and non-members that they are receiving text messages, portrayed as coming from the Credit Union regarding their debit card. The text asks them to call a number such as (850) 677-3020 regarding their account. When the person calls that number, they're asked to enter their card number, expiration date and PIN number.Read More
SCE Federal Credit Union Offers Advice on Protecting Your Mobile Phone from MalwareOct 17, 2012 | Tips & Alerts
People use their mobile phones for almost everything, including mobile banking. Accordingly, SCE Federal Credit Union now offers Deposit Anywhere, which allows members to securely deposit checks into their account right from their Android or iPhone...Read More
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Customers at financial institutions across the country, including some of our members, are receiving calls randomly with a recorded message portrayed as coming from that person's financial institution. The message advises the person that their debit card has been blocked...Read More
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A debit card is an excellent tool to keep cash at your fingertips without carrying around a stack of Benjamins, but when used incorrectly, debit cards leave you susceptible to identity theft, fraud and ATM withdrawal fees...Read More
SCE Federal Credit Union's Financial Fitness ChecklistJul 17, 2012 | Tips & Alerts
Considering that US consumer debt topped $11.4 trillion in 2011, it's no surprise that many people are unable or unsure how to flex their financial muscles. For that reason, SCE Federal Credit Union has created a financial fitness checklist to help consumers get in financial shape...Read More
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Interactive matrix programming with integration to R
- Program easily and efficiently.
- Create your own modules or use routines from a predefined library.
- Perform interactive exploratory analyses.
- Formulate and implement genetic algorithm optimizations.
- Take advantage of automatic memory management and matrix sizing.
- Submit R code within the SAS environment.
- Extensive set of dynamic mathematical and matrix operators
- Control statements
- General matrix functions
- Linear algebraic and statistical functions
- Time series functions
- Numerical analysis functions
- Interactive data analysis with SAS/IML® Studio
- Integrated programming environment
SAS/IML Studio provides a dynamic, interactive interface to SAS/IML software.
How SAS® Is Different
- SAS/IML Studio provides a dynamic, interactive interface for SAS/IML software, along with integration to open source R statistical software. With SAS/IML Studio, you can build on your familiarity with SAS/STAT, SAS/IML and R to write programs that explore data, fit models and relate the results to the data with linked graphics.
- SAS/IML software is a complete programming language. You can construct programs using control structures such as conditional and iterative statements, and access a wide range of built-in subroutines to make your programming even more efficient.
- The software includes built-in functions for computing determinants, eigenvalues, eigenvectors, and generalized inverses; generating design matrices and plotting data; and solving systems of linear equations and ordinary differential equations. In addition, you can compute roots of polynomials, perform numerical integration, and solve both linear and nonlinear programming problems.
- Program easily and efficiently. Simple syntax makes it easy to translate mathematical formulas into program statements, and there are many features for arithmetic and character expressions.
- Create your own modules or use routines from a predefined library. A complete set of control statements gives you the commands necessary for execution control and program modularization. Access to a wide range of built-in subroutines makes your programming fast, easy and efficient, and you can build your own module library to extend the functionality of the software.
- Perform interactive exploratory analyses. Data analysts often begin an analysis by graphically exploring the data. Dynamically linked graphics are a valuable part of this exploration because they enable the discovery of relationships between variables and an understanding of outliers and unusual features in the data.
- Formulate and implement genetic algorithm optimizations. You have the flexibility to write your own modules to specify the objective function and genetic operators or to use standard functions and operators provided by SAS/IML.
- Take advantage of automatic memory management and matrix sizing. You do not need to declare, dimension or allocate storage for a data matrix; SAS/IML software does this automatically.
- Submit R code within the SAS environment. Using the SAS/IML interface or the IML server language (PROC IML) on Windows and Linux servers, users can apply new methods not yet implemented in SAS.
- Extensive set of dynamic mathematical and matrix operators
- Provides BY-Group processing for matrices.
- Control statements
- Direct the flow of execution of SAS/IML statements.
- Enable program modularization.
- General matrix functions
- Provides absolute values, exponentials, remainders and powers of matrix elements.
- Finds elements in a matrix satisfying given conditions.
- Provides cumulative sums, horizontal direct product and trace.
- Lets you create block diagonal, identity, diagonal and transposed matrices.
- Lets you reshape a matrix.
- Finds set difference, set union or set intersection of matrices; remove duplicates from matrices.
- Linear algebraic and statistical functions
- Solve an ordinary differential equation.
- Perform numerical integration.
- Compute eigenvalues and eigenvectors for symmetric and nonsymmetric matrices; create orthonormal eigenvectors.
- Compute inverses, generalized inverses, Moore-Penrose inverses and determinants.
- Compute Gram-Schmidt orthonormal factorization.
- Perform Cholesky, singular value and complete orthogonal decomposition.
- Perform QR decomposition by Householder rotation or the Gram-Schmidt process.
- Solve linear programs, linear systems and systems of linear equations.
- Compute the first nonzero roots of a Bessel function of the first kind and the derivative of the Bessel function at each root.
- Perform discrete sequential tests.
- Provides support for sampling and simulation.
- Compute matrix and vector norms and distances matrices.
- Time series functions
- Compute ARMA model autocovariance sequence, log likelihood and residuals.
- Simulate a univariate ARMA time series.
- Compute autocovariance estimates for time series.
- Generate a Hankel, Toeplitz or Block-Toeplitz matrix.
- Perform finite Fourier transformations and inverse FFTs.
- Perform Kalman filtering.
- Use TIMSAC (TIMe Series Analysis and Control) routines (developed by the Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Japan).
- Numerical analysis functions
- Perform numerical integration.
- Use nonlinear optimization.
- Interactive data analysis with SAS/IML® Studio
- Data exploration:
- Identify observations in plots.
- Select observations in linked data tables and graphics.
- Exclude observations from graphs and analyses.
- Search, sort, subset and extract data.
- Transform variables.
- Distribution analysis:
- Compute descriptive statistics.
- Create quantile-quantile plots.
- Create mosaic plots of cross-classified data.
- Fit parametric and kernel density estimates for distributions.
- Detect outliers in contaminated Gaussian data.
- Parametric and nonparametric regression:
- Fit general linear models, logistic regression models and robust regression models.
- Smooth two-dimensional data by using polynomials, loess curves and thin-plate splines.
- Create residual and influence diagnostic plots.
- Include classification effects in logistic and generalized linear models.
- Multivariate analysis:
- Create correlation matrices and scatter plot matrices with confidence ellipses.
- Perform principal components analysis.
- Perform discriminant analysis.
- Perform factor analysis.
- Perform correspondence analysis.
- Efficient handling of large data transfers between client and server:
- Provides parallel execution of multiple SAS/IML Studio workspaces.
- Provides client support for 64-bit Windows.
- Data exploration:
- Integrated programming environment
- Write, debug and execute IMLPlus programs in an integrated development environment.
- Execute SAS procedures or DATA step code from within your IMLPlus program.
- Call SAS procedures as functions.
- Create customized, dynamically linked graphics.
- Develop interactive data analysis programs that use dialog boxes.
- Call functions from libraries written in C/C++, FORTRAN and Java.
- Provides seamless integration between intensive computing and interactive data analysis.
- Provides high-speed data transport between client and server.
- Uses multithreaded workspace.
- Provides multithreaded matrix calculations.
- Quickly and easily apply methods in R while working in SAS, enabling you to obtain new capabilities at no extra cost.
SAS/IML Studio provides a dynamic, interactive interface to SAS/IML software.
SAS/IML Studio provides a dynamic, interactive interface to SAS/IML software. It provides access to a wide range of graphics commands, allowing you to create customized displays and visually explore relationships in data.
SAS/IML Studio provides integration with open source statistical software R.
SAS/IML Studio provides integration with open source statistical software R.
SAS/IML Studio's integration with R makes it easy to apply methods in R while working in SAS.
SAS/IML Studio's integration with R makes it easy to apply methods in R while working in SAS.
System Requirements
Host Platforms/Server Tier
- HP/UX on Itanium: 11iv3 (11.31)
- IBM AIX R64 on POWER architecture 7.1
- IBM z/OS: V1R11 and higher
- Linux x64 (64-bit): Novell SuSE 11 SP1; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1; Oracle Linux 6.1
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- Solaris on SPARC: Version 10 Update 9
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SAS/IML® Studio Technical Requirements
- SAS/IML Studio runs only on Microsoft Windows.
- SAS/IML Studio requires Base SAS, SAS/IML and SAS/STAT® software.
- R software must be installed on the same client machine as SAS/IML Studio to use the SAS interface to R. R is not distributed with SAS/IML Studio but may be downloaded from the Comprehensive R Archive Network website. SAS/IML Studio is compatible with R version 2.6.1 and higher.
* NOTE: Windows 7 supported editions are: Professional, Ultimate and Enterprise.
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Money made the top of the list as a "meaningful reward for a job well done" in a recent survey by the Society for Incentive & Travel Executives Foundation. Some 91 percent of respondents — a cross-section of working Americans — said they preferred cash bonuses, followed by special training/professional development (74 percent), recognition at a company meeting (70 percent), stock options (65 percent), and travel (61 percent).
That doesn't necessarily mean that nine out of 10 employees would prefer cash, though, says Frank J. Katusak, executive director of the foundation. "We think it's more a result of … the economic times," he observes. "We have found … that the trophy value of merchandise and trips is so much higher than cash." In other words, people are more comfortable bragging about the trip of a lifetime than about the size of their bonus.
The classic criticism of cash incentives is their transparency. "Cash is cash is cash," says Jim Feldman, CEO of James Feldman Associates and Incentive Travelers Cheque in Chicago. "The advantage to the administrator is it doesn't take any brains to give it away. The downside is it's taxable and not recognizable. To many, it's not meaningful."
Others say that the difficult economy compounds the problem. "I stridently believe that cash will do only one thing: be used immediately to pay bills, and be quickly forgotten," says Rich Kaback, vice president of travel services and incentives for Melville, N.Y.-based Don Jagoda Associates.
One solution is gift certificates or stored value cards, which essentially replace cash and have the same the flexibility. Recipients also have a constant reminder of their company every time they open their wallets.
Even small denominations can have a positive effect, says Michael Ahern, CEO of Seattle-based GiftCertificates.com. "In a bad economy, companies may be giving out less in bonuses, but they can't stop recognizing employees. A $25 gift certificate isn't seen as insulting, but anything you can buy in that range might be."


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Ivan Charles Buckles
Ivan Charles Buckles, 81, Elizabethton passed away Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013, at his residence.
A native of Carter County, he was a son of the late Frank and Emma Buckles. Mr. Buckles was employed for a number of years by the Carter County Sheriff's Department. He was also a farmer. He was a member of the Carter County Cattleman Association.
In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by three sisters: Pearl Buckles, Effie Danner,and Edith Buckles and four brothers: Clay, Claude, Eugene and Earl Buckles.
Survivors include his children; Hildred Pressnell, Patsy Colbaugh, and Jimmy Buckles and wife Angie, all of Elizabethton. Two grandchildren: Jonathan Colbaugh, Shatona Williams. Four great-grandchildren: Hayden Colbaugh, Melanie Thomas, Victor and Carlos Raminez. Three sisters: Margaret Garland, Caro, Mich., Brenda Taylor and husband Bill, Johnson City, and Myrtle Pierce, Elizabethton. Two brothers: H.J. Buckles and wife Helen, Elizabethton, and Paul Buckles and wife Peggy, Mount Carmel. Several nieces and nephews.
Graveside Services will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013, in the Buckles Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be: Lawrence Pierce, Dean Pierce, Randy Wilson, Robert Bowers, Tommy Pierce, Jonathan Colbaugh, Daniel Buckles and Dustin Buckles. Honorary pallbearers will be friends of Burger Hut. The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m. Sunday in the funeral home. Friends may also visit the family and the residence of a sister; Myrtle Pierce, 233 Berry Hill Road, Elizabethton. Condolences may be e-mailed to firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Right now, we are planning on giving my son a " big boy bed" and decorating his room in a Spider Man theme. My husband is a cartoonist so he's going to draw on the walls. I'm going to make the curtains and probably sell a bunch of things on eBay to pay for sheets and a blanket.
Right now he is into "planes, trains, and automobiles", so I plan to paint clouds on the light blue walls and hang kites and airplanes from the ceiling (I haven't done it yet, but I have all the supplies to do it soon). I have made some new artwork. I can't paint cars, but I painted scenery, then carefully cut out photos of his grandparents kayaking, DH on his motorcycle, and his other grandparents off-roading in their Jeep and added them to the painting. I think the result is really cool and DS was excited when I framed them (I'll try to add a photo link when I get a chance). I sewed shear curtains with fabric that is a blue sky with puffy white clouds. I also found some "cloud" sheets at the thrift store for a couple bucks. Eventually we will convert his toddler bed into a full-size bed...but this may be a couple months away. I've got to save up for a mattress first.


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best colorist in town – Christina has a way with color and highlights that is like none other! So natural with lots of POP. And when doing a haircut - it's like she's paying attention to every hair strand and the result is you are walking out of the salon with the BEST SWING ! I always feel years younger when I leave her chair.
Best Brazilian Blowout – Christina is an absolute pro at blowouts. I've never had a better blowout than when she does it. The key to a good Brazilian Blowout is the stylists ability to dry and flat iron the hair. She was so great that I've switched to her for all my hair care!
Best Colorist – I had Hairdressers in California, Florida, Houston & other cities & my hair color hasn't never been better since Cristina started doing my hair. I'm a California blonde and sometimes my hair turn brassy but since Cristina is doing my hair, that problem is gone.
Best service – If you are looking for a hair dresser with super creative ideas, great schedule & awesome personality then Cristina crawford is the one for you. I myself am very picky about my hi-lites my hair usually turn gold or orange.christina does an excellent job and really listens to what you want . Give her a try and I promise you will not be disappointed
Thank you for your comments and as always, it is my pleasure give the best service to my clients & I really enjoyed doing your service, see you soon.
PS. wishing you all the best for the coming year
Very Focused – If you are looking for a top notch haircut and color, Christina crawford is the hair stylist to visit. she is all about your hair. Christina has recently cut & color my hair and I must say that it's the best haircut &color I've ever had. cristina is totally focused on your hair, and sanitation. she has a great personality
Thanks, for such nice comments I have no idea that you had post this wonderful review till you come back to see me and let me know about
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Is always my pleasure to do your hair and, still very focused.Lol
Best Hair Stylist / Colorist in Austin – Christina is amazing! The hot towels and head massages are to die for! And I haven't even begun talking about her talent as a colorist or stylist. I moved to austin 3 years ago and tried a few stylists before I found her. I have never gone to anyone else since. There's no need. She does an amazing job with color. There's always a lot of dimension. I have really fine, straight hair and she always cuts it to give it more texture. She has also shown me great hair drying techniques and introduced me to some fabulous Phyto products that keep it hydrated while giving it volume while I'm using a flat iron and hair dryer. She is truly remarkable. I don't know what I've done all these years without her.
Great salon & Awesome stylist – I color my hair at home and it was a DISSASTER went to see Christina Crawford who was highly recomended by the reviews of the beauty store and she did the magic. not only did the color correction that my hair needed but, gave me a wonderful haircut and, the best of all I was able to style my hair the next day I would recomend christina to all of my friends and everyone who is looking for the best service in town she is very friendly and talented.
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Re: Mangaka/Comic Artists
correct thread for this request:
Kiyohiko Azuma, Mangaka for Azumanga Daioh and Yotsuba.
Re: Mangaka/Comic Artists
Long Shot but
Yana Toboso - Kuroshitsuji
Shirow Miwa - D.O.G.S and Black Rock Shooter[Vocaloid among others]
Shungiku Nakamura - Another long shot because i dunno if their other works are " family friendly"
Animazement: 2013 Cosplays
Undertaker - Kuroshitsuji [In Progress]
Ayato - Diabolik Lovers [In Progress]
Kaito - Artwork Version.
Cecil - Uta no prince Sama Debut
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Thiiiis. I would totally bring Nill back JUST for Shirow.
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Svetlana Chmakova. I would die and come back to life to see her at AZ 2012.
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I'd love to meet Takeuchi Naoko-san. That'd make my last year at AZ a total blast.
Thursday: Project K - Yata Misaki
Friday: Fushigi Yuugi: Genbu Kaiden - Tomite
Saturday: Sailor Moon - Sailor Star Fighter
Sunday: Sailor Moon - Seiya Kou
Formal Dance: Kingdom Hearts: BBS - Aqua
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Super long shot, but you asked... Onegaishimasu!
Oda Eiichiro-sensei (Mangaka of One Piece.)
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Sorachi Hideaki-sensei (Mangaka of Gintama.)
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Nakamura Shungiku-sensei (Mangaka of Junjou Romantica and Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi.)
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Thank you very much for the consideration!! <3
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HOW COULD I FORGET SVETLANA?! I would probably fangirl and embarrass myself.
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See, the thing about her is that it's cheaper since she doesn't have to fly over all the way from Japan! Since she lives in Canada and all that. C:
I probably would too... OTL
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^ This! I would love to see her!
Yuki Amemiya and Yukino Ichihara would also be awesome to meet! They're the ones who created the series '07-ghost'.
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Rin (Togainu no Chi)
Ren (DRAMAtical Murder)
Makoto (sweet pool)
Asato (Lamento: Beyond the Void)
Clear (DRAMAtical Murder)
-back-up cosplays (already finished)
Virus (DRAMAtical Murder re:connect)
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Akira Toriyama – Dragonball/Z/GT
Tite Kubo – Bleach
Masashi Kishimoto – Naruto
Yuu Watase – Fushigi Yuugi (and many others)
Matsuri Hino – Vampire Knight (and many others)
Bisco Hatori – Ouran High School Host Club
Rumiko Takahashi – Inuyasha and Ranman ½
Some of these I know we probably can't get, but I would still love to see them at AZ 12
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I also agree with SogeQueen! Having a yaoi mangaka would be awesome!
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Hiro Mashima: Rave Master manga.
Yukiru Sugisak: D.N.Angel
Tite Kubo? Please. I love Bleach. Love Love Love Love it. {Hence my Chad Cosplay and my Avi.}
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I would love to see him there! Yotsuba&! as well as Azumanga Daioh were my first manga and anime respectively (not counting Pokémon), and still some of my favorites. I would also love seeing:
Chica Umino (Honey and Clover)
Hiroyuki Asada (Tegami Bachi)
Tachibana Higuchi (Alice Academy/Guaken Alice)
Ai Yazawa (Nana)
It would also be nice to se Little Kuriboh (Yu-Gi-Oh Abridged) or Andrew Hussie (The guy behind MS Paint Adventures)
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I would also like to see Svetlana Chmakova at the convention.
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Yeah, its a dreamm! (But still... an amazing dream!)
Yana Toboso - Kuroshitsuji!
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I would LOVE to see Tite Kubo there!!
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I doubt it would happen, but i would love to see Hayao Miyazaki at AZ. He is my hero, and ever since i watched spirited away as a kid. Kinda changed my life.
Please though, if there is the slightest chance of this happening, make my dream come true?
Haters gonna hate. >.>
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^That right there would be pretty awesome.
And Ai Yazawa of Parakiss/Nana fame would be great too (my sis would die and go to heaven)
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This paper provides an overview of the issues surrounding and opportunities for achieving 'multiple benefits' from Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in developing countries (REDD). The UN‐REDD Programme understands the term 'multiple benefits' to include both the ecosystem and social benefits of REDD.
It is an output of the International Support Functions component of the UN‐REDD Programme, relating specifically to the development of output 3.2: 'Tools to encourage the capture of ecosystem service co‐benefits developed',focussing on the ecosystem aspects of multiple benefits.Resource Type: Reports
This report is a contribution to the UN's International Year of Biodiversity and is a complement to the UNEP-hosted Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) which is bringing visibility to the wealth of the world's natural capital. It documents over 30 successful case studies referencing thousands of restoration projects ranging from deserts and rainforests to rivers and coasts. The report confirms that restoration is not only possible but can prove highly proftable in terms of public savings; returns and the broad objectives of overcoming poverty and achieving sustainability. It also provides important recommendations on how to avoid pitfalls and how to minimize risks to ensure successful restoration.Resource Type: Reports
The conservation of world forests is an important measure in order to address the ever-worsening consequences of climate change. Tanzania has over 34 million hectares of forests and woodland habitats (more than 30% of the whole country). This report concludes that REDD strategies in Tanzania should be integrated with, and improve upon, current conservation strategies.Resource Type: Reports
Analyses of the spatial relationships between carbon, co-benefits and socio-economic context can support planning and decision-making at national and sub-national scales. When such spatial analyses are based on data developed at an appropriate scale, done in consultation with a wide range of stakeholders, they can help to prioritise among the different benefits and services under consideration and the actions that might best deliver them.
Ecuador is a country with high forest cover and very high biodiversity. However, Ecuadorian forests are under pressure from deforestation and resource exploitation. The government is addressing the issue by planning for a high quality REDD+ mechanism that maximises benefits for the climate, the environment and people. This report presents the result of spatial analyses to support this planning process.Resource Type: Reports
A wide range of tools and resources is available to assist decision-makers and their advisors in planning for REDD+ implementation. As these materials have been developed with different problems and decision-making contexts in mind, it can be difficult to identify the ones that are most suitable in a specific situation. This document is a guide to some of these tools and resources, with a particular focus on those which take account of the multiple values of forests and can support the design of REDD+ interventions that provide climate change mitigation as well as other social and environmental benefits.Resource Type: Reports
The type and amount of social and environmental benefits that REDD+ can deliver depend on where and how actions are implemented. The potential benefits of implementing REDD+actions in a certain location are influenced by a range of factors, including the biophysical, geographic, socio-economic and cultural characteristics of the area. Maps can support decisions on where and how to put REDD+ into practice by conveying spatial information in an easily accessible way. This brochure presents a
set of maps that have been developed for decision-makers in the UN-REDD Programme pilot province Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, and gives some guidance for their interpretation.
Successful implementation of REDD is likely to require the reduction of deforestation rates on a national scale. Designation of new protected areas and strengthening of the current protected area network could form one strategy for achieving this. This review aims to inform the debate through an assessment of the effects of forest designation and management on deforestation rates, and through consideration of the design and management-related factors that influence protected area effectiveness in reducing deforestation. The evidence suggests that protected areas are an effective tool for reducing deforestation within their boundaries. The extent to which this deforestation is displaced to surrounding areas is unclear. Protected areas designated under the more restrictive IUCN categories (I-II) seem to be more effective than those that may include a focus on sustainable use (V-VI). However, there are only a small number of studies on deforestation within category V-VI protected areas.Resource Type: Reports
Chapter from MAINSTREAMING BIODIVERSITY ISSUES INTO FORESTRY AND AGRICULTURE. Abstracts of Poster Presentations at the 13th Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice of the Convention on Biological Diversity 18-22 February 2008, Rome, Italy.Resource Type: Reports
This publication comprises the proceedings of the conference 'The Restoration of Wooded Landscapes', held at Heriot Watt University in September 2000. The principle aim of the conference was to bring together researchers, practitioners and policymakers to allow a full and free exchange of views, information and ideas on the theme of native woodland restoration at the landscape scale (areas in excess of 1 km2). This includes creating new native woodland, restoring planted ancient woodland, and expanding existing native woodlands.Resource Type: Reports
The number of environmental variables used during modelling could affect the outcome, but we found no correlation between these and our estimates of extinction risk in global samples. Although further investigation is needed, it is unlikely to result in substantially reduced estimates of extinction. Anthropogenic climate change seems set to generate very large numbers of species-level extinctions.Resource Type: Journal Papers
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Aussies brace for Zimbabwe clash
Australia are bracing for some wild weather when they open their Twenty20 World Championship campaign against Zimbabwe in Cape Town on Wednesday.
Having spent the past week preparing in the still, warm climate of Johannesburg, the Australian squad were given a cool greeting on arrival in Cape Town on Tuesday, with temperatures in the mid-teens made even colder by massive wind gusts.
With most of Australia's games scheduled for Cape Town during the tournament, pace bowler Nathan Bracken said his team had to adapt quickly to their new surrounds.
"We've just got to get used to the conditions here," Bracken said.
"We've got a training session today, the facilities are open again here tomorrow (before the game) to do some work, so we'll just try to get as much out of as we can and get everything right for game time."
Such was the force of the wind, it took ground staff a good 15 minutes on Tuesday to cover the square as the wind continually forced the covers loose.
Rain has fallen overnight and there are more showers forecast for Wednesday with the game to begin at 6pm local time (2am Thursday AEST).
Under tournament rules, the team batting second must face at least five overs for their to be a result.
Australian skipper Ricky Ponting is expected to play, despite having only arrived in South Africa late Monday night.
Opener Matthew Hayden, who struggled with back spasms during the weekend warm-up matches, is also expected to be fit.
But allrounder Shane Watson, who arrived with Ponting on Monday after remaining in Brisbane for an extra week to help nurse a hamstring concern, is unlikely to feature.
While Michael Clarke is also doubtful because of a lower abdominal strain, with chairman of selectors Andrew Hilditch, Ponting and vice-captain Adam Gilchrist expected to decide on the morning of the match whether to risk the batsman.
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European Union leaders are meeting in Brussels today to discuss the monetary union's ongoing economic crisis. According to The New York Times, the countries will decide that austerity is not enough to curb the sovereign debt crisis.
The Times reports:
Fitch Ratings announced it was cutting the ratings of Italy, Spain, Belgium, Slovenia, and Cyprus.
Italy and Spain, two of the biggest eurozone economies, suffered a two-notch drop. Italy went from A+ to A- and Spain went from A to AA-.
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Greece is broke. But there's no blueprint for a country to declare bankruptcy, so Greece's creditors are sort of making things up as they go along.
"You're taking some sort of loss," Hans Humes of Greylock Capital Management told me. "But it's like, how much of a loss do you take? There's this thing called sovereign immunity. You can't go in and take the Acropolis."
Originally published on Wed December 21, 2011 3:08 pm
As Greece struggles with a financial crisis, there have been violent protests, creditors demanding their money, people losing their jobs and officials hunkering down.
A decade ago, that was the scene in South America when Argentina and Uruguay defaulted. The two handled the economic calamity in very different ways. Economists say their approaches — and what's happened in each country since — are instructive for European leaders as they try lifting Greece from its turmoil.
Marketplace Money Senior Producer Paddy Hirsch explains why Europe needs dollars instead of Euros as the EU tries to sort out its financial problems.


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Though young MBAs often place a high premium on the importance of networking, Ann Marie Petach has learned to value something else even more: friendship.
For almost 30 years, Petach has relied on the advice and support of Tepper School classmate Patricia Little. The two met on the second day of orientation and went on to share drinks, an apartment, careers at Ford Motor Co. and the rare opportunity to serve as a touchstone for each other's professional lives in a way that only some friends can.
"Your friendships are your connections," says Petach, now senior managing director at Black Rock. "Cherish your friends; they're really important."
Both women addressed MBA students as part of the W.L. Mellon Speaker Series. They offered their insights into career development, the application of the Tepper School degree to the workplace and the virtues of critical thinking skills.
But most of all, they explained how their friendship has worked to their mutual professional advantage in a way that a wider, shallower networking pool never could.
Petach, for example, recalls how Little urged her to be more decisive in communicating her ideas. Instead of hedging every sentence with "I think," Little told her to present her thoughts as facts.
"No one else gave me that feedback, and yet I feel like I became a better presenter," says Petach.
For her part, Little – now the executive vice president and chief financial officer of Kelly Services – believes that women need that kind of support to tackle difficult work situations because they are not usually socialized to power through their problems.
"Work is hard," says Little.
Adds Petach: "We both joke that we wouldn't be very good social club moms. We just don't enjoy doing that. I really enjoy solving complex problems; I really enjoy delivering meaningful results."
And in that, their friendship has allowed them to collaborate.
The two friends met in their first days on the Tepper School campus. By their second year, they shared an apartment; but already, they shared a love for the school's rigorously quantitative approach.
"For me, it was less about one single class and more about the pace and the tools you get here," says Petach. "This was really a skills-based program, not a case studies-based program."
Little believes the school was ahead of its time in encouraging group work, which gave her an advantage once she graduated.
"You just don't accomplish anything in your day without working with people," she says. "Tepper gave me the environment where that was possible."
Both women went to work for Ford after graduation and enrolled in the company's rotational program, which gave them work experience in several different departments: product development, automotive, credit, the treasury. Petach also worked internationally.
"In a place that's big and complex like Ford, what going international allowed you to do was be in a smaller pond as a bigger fish," she says.
Little suggests that careers can be divided into thirds: At the beginning, it seems like a buffet, and people want to sample as many experiences as they can. In the second third, the person learns about himself or herself: strengths and weaknesses, preferences and what they don't like. In the last third, the professional leverages all that information and hopefully accelerates toward a goal.
"We were lucky that we spent 20 years at a place like Ford that gave us the chance to do all that and stay in one company, which is rare," Little says.
Petach recalls how she first had the opportunity to go abroad. She was working in treasury and enjoyed it but was offered a job in Brazil. When she sought advice from a mentor and advocate in her department, he was surprised to learn that she wanted to work internationally and suggested that she wait so he could get her a better job in the same country. Three months later, he did.
"What I learned was if you don't tell people what you want, they're never going to guess," says Petach. "People make a lot of assumptions about you."
A similar path took her to Black Rock several years later. Ready for a career change, she contacted someone she knew at Black Rock, which was one of Ford's key pension managers. Once she made her interest known, the opportunities appeared.
When speaking with young people, Little says they often have a planned order for their careers. But she says the path is usually not predictable, and recommends that people take risks and try out new opportunities.
Both women advised their audience to carefully consider what was most important to them, whether it was travel, attending to a family issue, working on a specific project, or some other issue.
In knowing what is most important, it becomes easier to find balance, Petach says:
"As long as you're living your own priorities, you can be at peace."
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